Subframe construction



W. C. ANTHONY AND M. HEINEMANN. SUBFRAME CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 192i. Lkfififim. Patented Nov. 21, 19225;

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chassis frame, it has been found advisable to provide a subframe upon which all of the members of the body assembly may be rigidly mounted so that no possible relative movement may take place. By means of the present invention the Weight of the body and its load is distributed largely throughout the chassis and not appliediin such a manner as to cause undue strain upon' the frame members of the chassis.

The s'ubtrame 1S assembled shown and is mounted upon and secured to the chassis rack members are then fastened to the sub-' frame and the dumping body is positioned on the assembled parts. i

We have shown an operative invention, still it will be obvious that many changes both of vform, shape, and relation of parts may be made Without departing materially from the spirit of our invention, and. We

wish there that our showing be taken in a sense ammatical, We cla1mat the other end supported from a component part of said vehicle frame.

3. In combination with a vehicle having, a frame, a subframe incomplete in itselt, de-

tach-ably mounted upon and interlocking with and composed in part of said vehicle frame or chassis and wholly supported therefrom, said subframe ncluding a cross mem- T-he A frame Fahd ber resting upon said vehicle frame anda pair of longitudinal members secured each at one end t'osaid cross member, said longitudinal members provided with reinforcement, and by means of such reintoreement. supported at their other ends from a component part ot said vehicle frame or chassis,

4:. In combination a vehicle having a frame, including a cross member and a plu rality of longitudinal members and a subframe composed in part of additional frame members in co-operation with said vehicle frame, said sub-frame comprising a cross member and a plurality of longitudinal members the cross member of said subtrame resting upon the longitudinal members'of said vehicle frame both the longitudinal members of said vehicle frame and the longitudinal members of said subframe supported at the rear from the cross member of said vehicle frame, and reinforcing members along the bottom of the longitudinal members of said. su'bframe, constituting the connection between said longitudinal members and the cross member of the vehicle frame.

an; combination a vehicle having a frame, a subframe supported therefrom and adapted to carry in fixed placed relation the U supporting meansfor the dumping body, said frame comprising side members and a cross member, said member mounted'on the frame of said vehicle, said side members supported from a cross member of said vehicle. frame, metallic reinforcements along the bottom of each of said side members, said reinforcements bent upwardly about the rear of said members and across the cross member of said vehicle frame and secured thereto.

Si ned at Streator, Illinois, this 2nd day of i arch, 1921.

WM. GANTHONY. MAX HEINEMANN. Witnesses:

Cniaus V". CAnLsoN, KIRK B. SWEET. 

